BILL NUMBER: SCR 92	CHAPTERED  09/12/00

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   134
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 12, 2000
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 29, 2000
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   AUGUST 18, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   AUGUST 18, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Haynes
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Thompson)

                        AUGUST 14, 2000

   Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 92--Relative to the Riverside
County Deputy Sheriff Eric Andrew Thach Memorial Freeway.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 92, Haynes.  Riverside County Deputy Sheriff Eric Andrew Thach
Memorial Freeway.
   This measure would designate the portion of State Highway Route
215 between Murrieta Hot Springs Road and McCall Boulevard in the
County of Riverside as the Riverside County Deputy Sheriff Eric
Andrew Thach Memorial Freeway.
   The measure would also request the Department of Transportation to
determine the cost of appropriate plaques and markers showing this
special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources covering that cost, to erect appropriate plaques and markers.




   WHEREAS, Riverside County Deputy Sheriff Eric Andrew Thach made
the ultimate sacrifice while protecting and serving the people of
California on October 8, 1999; and
   WHEREAS, On that date, Deputy Thach, while responding to a
reported "open door" call at a residence in the Pedley area of
Riverside County, which turned out to be a home invasion robbery
involving a kidnaping, was ambushed and shot in the back as he
approached the residence; and
   WHEREAS, Fellow deputies immediately came to Deputy Thach's aide,
and he was transported by ambulance to the hospital where he
succumbed to his wounds; and
   WHEREAS, The person responsible for Deputy Thach's death had fled
the location on foot and was later shot during a confrontation with
members of the Riverside County Sheriff's Emergency Services Team a
few miles from the location; and
   WHEREAS, Deputy Thach was born on March 19, 1965, in Van Nuys,
California, graduated from Reseda High School in 1983, and married
Evelyn on August 22, 1992; and
   WHEREAS, Eric Thach, at the age of 31, began his law enforcement
career by entering the Riverside Community College Basic Academy, in
September 1996, graduated with Class 136 of that academy, and was
assigned to the Riverside County Sheriff's Southwest Detention
Center, where he served until his transfer to the Jurupa Valley
Station in January 1999; and
   WHEREAS, Deputy Thach was awarded the Riverside County Sheriff's
Department Medal of Honor for his sacrifice and devotion to duty,
exemplified by his conduct and actions on October 8, 1999; and
   WHEREAS, Deputy Thach leaves behind Evelyn, his wife of seven
years, his daughter, Shana, his father, Truett, his mother, Robin,
his sister, Suzanna, his half-sister, Cindi, and David and Burt, his
two brothers-in-law; and
   WHEREAS, Deputy Thach was recognized for his devotion to the
citizens of Riverside County and the State of California, and to the
Riverside County Sheriff's Department; and
   WHEREAS, It is appropriate that the portion of State Highway Route
215 between Murrieta Hot Springs Road and McCall Boulevard in the
County of Riverside be dedicated to the memory of Deputy Eric A.
Thach, who made the ultimate sacrifice in his service to the people
of the State of California; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the portion of State Highway Route 215
between Murrieta Hot Springs Road and McCall Boulevard in the County
of Riverside is hereby officially designated the Riverside County
Deputy Sheriff Eric Andrew Thach Memorial Freeway; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of appropriate plaques and markers, consistent
with the signing requirements for the state highway system, showing
the special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources covering that cost, to erect those plaques and markers; and
be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit a copy of this
resolution to the Director of Transportation.
